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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2010 11:15:38 GMT 8
When I first started trying to find information about Corregidor I was all about the military aspects, the guns, fortifications, barracks, etc. But I find myself being drawn to the other aspects of Corregidor, the officers living quarters, the clubs, the theatres, the lavanderas, the barrios, schools, as well as the support facilities such as warehouses, power station, ordinance building, etc. The things that made up everyday life, leisure time and work, in the period between the wars. So, what do your files contain about living on the Rock? Then and now photos, trip reports, or however you want to do it. Thanks!
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 7, 2010 15:43:25 GMT 8
The Officer's Guide of 1941 will tell you everything about your foreign service posting to the Philippine Islands that the Army considers relevant. corregidor.org/chs_oguide41/guide.htmExcept of course that it will all change shortly after you arrive. If, on the other hand, you are not an officer, you probably won't be told anything at all. Except "Son, you are headed into adventure! Now shut up and follow orders, you're in the Army now!" Many of the EM's who arrived on Corregidor in 1941 hadn't even been given basic training. They were just shipped there as fast as they could be lied to. They did their basic training at 92nd Garage, in wool tunics. I recommend which will take you every step of the way. corregidor.org/heritage_battalion/px/px_amid_th_encircling_gloom.html
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2010 20:58:03 GMT 8
I recieved 'Amid th' Encircling Gloom' for Christmas last year and enjoy it very much, great pictures. I just thought I'd go fishing and see what our Corregidor tour guides could show us of the other side of life on the Rock.
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Post by okla on Jul 7, 2010 22:21:48 GMT 8
Hey Ironman....Like you, I am rather intrigued by the everyday life of those prewar troops stationed in the PI. When I view photos, especially up close shots of their faces, I am rather saddened by the fact that some, or maybe most, would end up dead or in those hell on earth POW pens. I have always been under the impression that enlisted men, at least, could extend their overseas hitches in locales such as the PI, Hawaii, and Panama indefinitely if they so wished and the powers that be didn't object. I had an uncle who served in the "China Navy" and chose to stay in the Orient (mainly China} for 6 or 8 years. This was back in the late teens and early 1920s. He said that it beat following a mule around a Missouri cotton patch. While in an Oklahoma high school in the late 1940s my neighbor told of being stationed on Corregidor in the 1920s. He extended his tour from two to four years. He said it was better than breaking his back on a rocky Tennessee hill farm. I am sure that a great number of our troops/sailors cornered in the Philippines were poor kids who traded West Virginia coal mines, Alabama cotton fields or just plain unemployment for the exotic life in the Far East. Of course, this romantic situation turned into death or living hell for the great majority. It's always seemed much like a Greek tragedy. If only they had known what was awaiting them those coal mines and cotton patches would seem like Eden. Harry Truman said it best, "hindsight is 20-20". Lets hope more old photos,etc re-surface for posting on this website. That way, I will get absolutely nothing done around my house. My wife is on my case this very morning about the plumber coming,etc and here I sit pontificating on Corregidor. Cheers.
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